Building materials questions with answers
343 multiple-choice questions. Open any question for its answer and explanation.
- Based on the following rocks and minerals, select the correct statement, quartz, shale, basalt, granite, marble, gypsum, mica
- Blister steel
- Cast iron contains carbon approximately
- Steel contains carbon approximately
- Fibre boards can be
- The process of mixing clay, water and other ingredients to make brick is known as
- Which of the following cements contains maximum percentage of dicalcium silicate?
- Cast iron . . . . . . . .
- Soundness test of cement determines
- Which of the following cements is suitable for use in massive concrete structures such as large dams?
- The internal size of mould used in brick preparation is
- The stretcher bond in brick masonry can be used only when the thickness of wall is
- The slump recommended for mass concrete is about
- Second class bricks
- The hardest rock is
- A heavy stone is suitable for
- For obtaining vinyl chloride acetate, the method used, is
- For testing compressive strength of cement, the size of cube used is
- Snowcrete is one of the patent forms of
- The softest rock is
- The term frog means
- Brittleness of cold is due to an excess of
- The moisture content in a well seasoned timber is
- The clay to be used for manufacturing bricks for a large project, is dugout and allowed to weather throughout
- Higher pitch of the roof i) results in stronger roof ii) results in weaker roof iii) requires more covering material iv) requires less covering material The correct answer is
